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fiberglassing a door panel

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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
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Printed Date: May 08, 2024 at 1:06 PM


Topic: fiberglassing a door panel

Posted By: mpls187
Subject: fiberglassing a door panel
Date Posted: September 27, 2005 at 4:52 AM

i have been installing for about 3 year and i am just starting fabrication can anyone  tell me if this is right(for door panel)

1st    one coat of glass on panel / dry /sand up to 6000 grit/body filler/sand again then paint

thanks




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Posted By: modena0
Date Posted: September 27, 2005 at 8:51 AM

600 grit maybe.....

what i typically do is glass thick enough that i wont be able to sand through it, angle grind anything i dont want to spend 12 hours sanding, but typically i try to glass it to almost the exact shape i want. Then after grinding off the nubs, sand up to 150, clean, slap on the body filler (i use rage extreme) sand the body filler up to 320 grit, clean again, shoot the whole thing with high build primer because it shaves a lot of minute sanding off the job, let that dry, wet sand that with 320 -600, reshoot if there are any spots you can see filler on, wet sand again if necessary, then paint.



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Posted By: uz2bauto
Date Posted: September 27, 2005 at 7:29 PM
do you apply the fiberglass right over top of the vinyl and the foam on the door or do you strip it off and just build build build with the glass until it is the desired thickness. 

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Posted By: phatx96xaccord
Date Posted: September 27, 2005 at 9:04 PM
tear the vinyl off and sand the foam and plastic to get the glue off

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Posted By: uz2bauto
Date Posted: September 28, 2005 at 6:31 AM
won't the resin make the foam disentigrate i guess to say lol or will it just soak into it

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